Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to identify and describe how to produce a table top decoration, display posters to identify and describe some of the different colours, shapes and patterns that can be seen on decorative candles and templates to combine and shape a range of different materials to create a table top candle decoration for Christmas.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to use a range of different materials to create a table top candle decoration for Christmas.

This lesson is part of a art and design scheme of work to get the children to investigate how to shape and combine different materials to produce a selection of decorations to celebrate the festive season. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.